The Sun. — London, England, 1808-01-02 00:00:00

NAVA L NEW S. PRIVATE. CORRESPONDEVCE Between Giiiitenont-Gneral . Whiteloche and' Ceneial Liniers,'commandin the Troops of Bfienay • .. . . . . formed that t havemade prisoners eighty °t teer,. of different ranks, ' abOVe one thouiand Soldiers, and, at least, double that number . of slain of si ti• ~ - . , .. . : • • -•,-t - . your Excellency's troops, -notwithslanding .no at- Tc. 211; EXCELLENCY SANTA )AGO titqlß.R3 . l " Cipra , in , RO . CHE of the 17th Dragoons, ,who I tack has',, aS. yet, reached the centre :of my ar,, , had the honour to dispatch this morning to your my. With a wish to prevent a further ef fusion of flood, . and to .give . your Excellen- Extellenoy; informs me, that it is your Excellency . cy , a clear idea of Spanish generosity, , 1 hate . wish that . I should 'comMunicate, in writing; the proposals I had to to propose, that your Excellency being willing to niake to you, in consequence: of - . which . I• have the honntir to inform you, that his re-embark the remainder of your army, evacuate Excelle Monte Videb, and all the River Plata, leaving Lai : , • ' mly.Lieutenant-General Wfifiimoai4, aliii. ; ~.. ous to preyent any unnecessary effusion, of blood, , only testore those troops I have just made prisoners, has ordered me to intimate to your.Exceileney, that but also those taken from General • BERESFORD, giv- - under the present ..:IccumstanCes he is willing to : ing your Excellency to understand at the same time, come to terms with the Inhabitants of Bnenos.Ayres, ' incase these terms are not complied with, I canno t on the conditions hereafter stipulated. He may answer for the rigorous treatment the prisoners in pOssibly consent to some sinall attentions in their m y p ossessio n may experience from the exasperated favour, but without changing the original purport. ardour of my soldiers, who have the more reason to Article 1. All SubjeCls of his Britannic Majesty, detained in South America, are to be gitenup, and be so, since three of my Aids-de Camp have been hostages placed in the hands of the British till their wounded after presenting - themselves in various parts arrival at Buenos Ayrtls. with Flag of Truce, and, in consequence I transmi t . your Excellency by a British Officer, and . Art. P. Ail Militilry Officers under the Govern- • this to iment of Buenos Ayres, soldiers, and other persons exped an answer in the course of an hour. holding civil employments, shall be considered as • " I have the honour to be, &c. " LINIERS." Prisoners` of War, . .. ' P. S. • " After writing the above, General CitivAti- Art. 3. All cannon, arms - , and ammunition, and . and roms all his Brigade, together with Officers of military stores, are to begiven hp in good order. • other Regiments, have fallen into my hands." Art. 4. Public property of all description will be • - confiscated by. the British (General. ' Art. 5. The Inhabitants of Buenos Ayres . are al lowed the free exercise' of the Romati CatTiollc; Re ligion. Art. 6. Private property will. be respeCied. " Our fOrce is so considerable, that I flatter niy-, self your Excellency can have. no room. tO . doubt the ultimate result; and believe me when I assure you, that the desire above Is to in'event a scene so/horri ble 1 - ,s that presented:in a town when . taken by kotiu; and' it is the 'only motive which 'induces, Cron. Wurratoctv..to,pertnit rue to address you in this nurturer. , I have the honotir to (Signed) • 4 ‘ J. L. Gowen." reply to the Intimation dated July 3 ; 1 07, ". I am direaed by the Spanish: General, bon SANTA lAGO LINTERS, to announce the receipt of you letter by a Flag of Truce, reipeaing the sur.. Tender Of )3trenos Ayres,itind , to inform you in reply, that . he will not pay atteution to any eOrrevondence fegaiding'that point, aS he has a sufficient nuMber of . 4,,irsited trooPs,coniniandedbyGenerils ready to die in defende of their dotititty ) - and that this, is the' Cm e taiiy their patriotitini. . " Your obedient Servant." .• • 7-Mr.' " INTIMATION SECOND. " ileact.Quarters of ;he Camp before Buenos Ayres, ju ly 4. 1607. f , TO HIS !XCILLENCY GIN. LINIERs. " ) * (;kir Excellency will do Me the 'credit to attri- Lite to humanity filmic, the information, which is, That the chief edlumn of my army has effeeted.a junc tion with that part under-the command of Major- Oen. Gowan. Your Excellency is; Without doubt, ac. kitiiiinted that anothercolurrin is about one league from tlilr capital awaiting my InStrilaions. I. have lilce‘Vise, vatiotti reinforcemanti on board of Ship, together With a Squadron ready to co-operate with.tho ope fatiotifl I inn. uow carrying en. It is tux itterefote; altei; this 'statement, be ac-• kvainted if T our Excellency still persists in: return ing the samennswer. as that contained in yOlir letter of yestefday io thc Icilajor 7 General,' who has my authority to treat with you on that' subjea. The bearer Of thisi , Captain Wnirrixottior, has orders to wait half ruilour tor your Excellency's answer, ‘NvlieiherOE,no: have the honour to be, ezu.' . . lieply to intimation Second. • " Buenos Ay !vs, I uly 4, . 13 0? His isx , CELiENCY GENZItAL WiIiTELoCKE. " I have just received your Excellency':i Flag of Truce ) dated this dayi and have the hollow' in 're ply, toacquaint your Excellency, that a, long as pqssep ammunition, and that there exists among my Garrison and' 16 auxiliaries ) the sable: g'pi . rit which now animates them, I shall never 'agree to proposals made to me to abandon the Port trusted to my charge,. well persuaded . that I am able to cope with all the forces your Excellency, may oppose to concitter . me.. AS to the laws of lmmanitY to which your . Excellency refers, permit me to observe, that whoever observes the right definition of them will *Tee with nie, that it is your Excellency , ; (as ati aggressor) and not I, who comply merely with what justice and honour Vojnts out, that violates them. " I have the honour to be, &c. &c. ~I (‘ LtNiEits:' AITER TIM BATTLE. Q. TOE tIIFTH OF JULY", hrtimation . of the Spanish General. Buenos Ayres, sth July, igol. roars EXCILLINCV GINIRAL: WHITILLOCKf. , • " sapie humane sentiments. which induced your Excellenc to propose• a Capitulation 'to my . troops, without. making yourself acquainted with my 'esQurces, at present animate,..ine, Weil i/J-1 . Plaza Del Toros, july.6, 1807. TO HIS ERCELLENOY GEN. LISIERS. , " I have the honour to answer the receipt of your Excellency's Letter, and perceive you do me the justice to believe I do not lend a deaf ear to whatever may relate to !lie cause . of humanity; and as during yeSterday's action the wounded of both. parties are much dispersed, I propose an Armistice of Q. 4 hoursfor each of us to take away,our respec-. tine wounded. The post at present occupied by each artny, to be the" ines of demarcation. " With what may regard my abandoning the ad vantages I have already gained, it is altogether out of my power, having taken a.oumber of prisoners, a large portion of artillery, and gained both flanks . I leave. it ,to your .Excellency's sincerity to draw a comparison between the situation of.both armies. —I greatly lament the circumstance of yo • cellency's Aid-de-Camp . having been w and can only attribute it to the errors which so frequently occur at the' commencement of hostilities. I shall take care to prevent its hap petting again, begging leave at the same time to observe, that my Aid-derCamp, dispatched with a Flag of 'Mice, was fired at RR the way parsirig your Excellency'S }Mei. " I have the honour, &c. • " J. W." • "TO HIS ZXCELLLNCY GEN. • " Plaza del Toros, July 6, 1807 : " I have tijelionour your Excellency, . that I only received your Excellency's Letter as I was entering this post, dticl your Excellency:l4%ring' restatned . the iirc of yotir artillery, I presurne,you are ,not. agreeable.to a cessation of hostilities. , • " It 'grieves me'mnch to sec the suffering of the wounded, Who require assistance, and I therefore propose , to your Eligellency to stop all tiring what ever, and I will send , you an Officer of rank, Major General GOWER, who will eSPlain . le your Excel lency how far I can accede to. the, proposals pressed in your letter. " have the honour to w.,, .-....._ TO HIS 4.CILI.LENCY GEM. ,‘ • , • Plaza .Del nros, July 7. Wis lisve the- honour to inform your Ekcel fancy that alone.induced by moOves pointed out to you by Major-General G. we consent to the cone ditions proposed' by you, and have in celisequ6n c ed appointed Officers, Who, together with t1i0.... • cf yoty Excollericy, may take their measures for receiving the prisoners, re-embarking the troops; and settling relulsite 1)&11 . 10. We have the !ionour to be, &c. . . . , (Slimed) . " • JouN IViIITELOOKE. • ~" "GEo. Mum Ay." Letters from Cotk Mention flie j etriVal there of a valuable Danish Brig, with two hundred torts Of gum on board, prize to the Lion Privateer;Of i f..Li guns, be !tinging to Plyinouth. CATALASII haS been judiciously advised to per 7, 'fbrimat the Opera House, Without insisting upon the stipulated guarantee, as she has announced by a' public letter. She is' now content to receive a ra, liable proportion of the salary, on the two' nights a week when she is to perform, but positively de dares; that if there should' be the least failure in punauality, 'she will relinquish her engagement. In .conclusion she signifies, with a laudable genero , sity, that she Shall requtre permission to sing,tt~ ice for the benefit of a Pithlic Charity. BRAHAM and SToroce linVe - been lending their assistance at the Annual 'Coneerts of and, we A re glad to find that the respeolable veteran who has been so long in this country, and has condua ed himself with such uniforin propriety, had the same liberal proteelion which he has heretofore en joyed, on similar oceasinns. There is no truth in the report of the' death of COOKE, 'the Adoi, as he was announced for • •• • ar*oa.Wednesday last at the Giniga w T heatre. • - PLYMOUTH, rsßc. -,l.—Arrived the schooncr .Mm cy , of Dartmouth, JAMES HARVEY Master, from Newfoundland, bonnd to. Dartmouth, laden with and oil : she was captured, on Sunday morning )ast•,off the Lizard, by . a French Cutter Privateer, and re-taken by the Dragon Man of By Letters received here this morning from the Westward, the unfortunate • intelligence is received of th© loss of the .40o * n Frigate, of 44 guns, Capt. LITDIARD, in Mounts Bay; on the coast of Corn wall, wherein it is stated, that some of the Officers, and many of the crew, have perished, A heavy gale of wind atsouth came on again this afternoon, and blows most tremendously. The Portuguese Ship Fanza, from the Brazils,, laying in Catwater, made .signals of distress this' evening, which was repeated by the Coqfiance Sloop of War, laying near her, who fired minute guns until five o'clock every assistance that could be rendered has been given, bUt it is feared that she will go onshore before morning. PORTSNIOirtH, JAN.. I.—Arrived this day the St. A/bans, of'64 guns, Capt. AL's . Tem, from the East Incites ; and Wady Gun brig, Lieut. STOW, flOlll Monte Vidio s .last .from Kinsale. Sailed the Ha/flax Sloop of War, IM., Lord TOWNSEIEND, with a Convoy of about thirty Sail, fur the Downs. ' The whole of the Transports which arrived on Tuesday last froin the Mediterranean, were this clay 'Tele:lied from qUarantine. The Aldrandria Frigate, arrived here yesterday, parted with 32 Sail of Vessels seven days ago, which sailed from Tortola about seven weeks since _under her protection. DEAL., JAN. .—Arrived the Cygnet from Ports mouth, and the Bloodhound from a Cruize. s rhe American Ship fiesolu' :ion lost an anchor and a cable. last night in a ,heavy gale -of vAind, 'and another this'clay, and afterwards run for Itamsgate , Ha rhon r. The Flag of True stilliremains.in4he Downs— Blows a gale of wind at S. W. FA L MOUTH, c 30.--Arrivird 'the' alp • George, C:1 pt. LOGAN, and anothe'r Vessel (naine unknown). They parted from Sir CH ARLESCOTTON'S Fleet.eight days since. M L FOR 13, DEC. ah—Last n'ght the ship Ani ope (a Transport), Capt. Mota.Eritrv, With part or the 38th atki:goth' Regiments' On, board, from month, bound to Cork, was avert on shore in St. Bride's 'Bay, and totally lost, 'With seven of the peOple) , she parted from the (3.citavoy on, the 135th inst. near Cork, in very thick , weather; on.the.27th thOy saw two Sail of the convoy, and on the night heard several guns. , SHEF,amEss, DEC. 3c)...,-Possed by for the River three East lodiatneo. • Came into harbour,• from the Greit Nore, the Glory, of 98 guns, and proceeds to Chatham to be paid Ott : Went out of harbour, and brought up at the Great Nore, the Hyacinth Sloop of War, Cyr. DAVIE ; also arrived from the River, and brotitht dpat the Nore, that beautiful 'Frigate thuitninkd, of 38 guns, Capt. .1.:1P, MALANG' ' l and lVoo/wich Ten der, Lieut. Cox, with - forty impressed men .and volunteers for the Fleet - Arrived the Cruizer. • A report is prevalent at this place, and in which We , Ittai . e reason to place a great degree of Confidence, that, Capt.• flAautS, at present commanding the' Barracenta Sloop, goes :out to the EaSt Indies in • apt Vessel, and hit:atrival in' the country, im mediately succeeds Capt. 'PELL:aw in the command of the Sir, Rands Dnike, a nets 3A gnu Frigate, built at Bombay; and the command of the Bnrra comidwill be given tip a sou of Rear-Admir: I Wri,Ls; who is' mv serving in' the Bi4'lndies, •I*orritias is expeaed i‘o'coMplete her com plement of men to-Morrow ; she this day receir 'a diaft of-itoi and' the ttOitient site iq completed, is expeeted to sail forPort'smotith, and them fit for a foreign destination • The crew of the:Pomp, 4tr6-to bt, turned over to the- Pielory, , 'now in l)bek at fNith!nn, and that of the (Very are to be att,the disposal of Bear-Adiniral WELLS. DEQ. ititti Harbour the Pt,nipee, of 80 guns, Capt. J. R. likcit - gs; And precceded Chatham to be paid oti: An' 'American Merely:it $l4, which got on hltoie"off the Buoy of the- Petoose, disrnasted and nearly:lost, was towed in here by'two fishin Sitlacks fortunately , no live i were lost.; and the' ettrgo; . of whit., 'is all _ • The Peocoek Sloop of. W#r, Capt. W. PEAKE, is paid op to:six ttiontio, 'flodiaailed- for Plymouth. lipt.spoge, Ditc.-28,0 I send you 4n ncount of the 10S5 of the AIISIM Frigate, on the. Bar Sand, two tri.les and a 11.:1 fr , Jtn ti,i, town. , —Shne all well, on Thorklay the 94tb, lrotiaalmouth---just gut the French Coait„ . and 4iVen off by aS. W. with '• encloavoured to weather the Nzatd,' fitit could not; Hand after being vtnhayed, -- itrid loSt every anchor, .c s arue in before . the gale. ()opt. LxutAttn and the, First Lieutenant are both 105 t....-whether any other Qificeti are lost I 'caritiot rightly learn. Ervin the irregularity of the arrival qt the Crew, n 4 'muster can yet be made—teliait says 1 t.ii are missing. —A. person just come frQUI the wreck say.., she is in , shivers." WINDSOR TnEATIII". . „ • . The . atiaigece' who h.qd attended. this Tlien; c on Tuesday evening, in expeaation of sec nag. Miss DtJNCI 'perform in. the play' of lio the, nqa Moon, and Maria, In The Citizen, • w ere dr . .3- appointed, as -the Lady ',did not appear. They patiently waited till near Bight. ;nut •'at., length beginning to sheit' fen symptoms ,c , l dßeOntent,. the Manager , x , rs obliged to, Comp forward and-account for the -delniF,' -A.s the . bast mode of doing so, he read the iollowing from Nliss Doxcaisc ; and stated, *ides, that f(t nig she had doubts about his coniplianee with t!!; term's she proposed, he had 'sent utl nn cxpre43 itt answer td her last letier,e, reei red by him in middle of the day, declaring his, assent to her pro ; posals, and intreatirg that she •wotild immediately Set off in a post-chaise and tour at, his expenee ; but she had not arrived, and as he could not presume to detain the audience any longer, he requested that they would accept the exertions of Mrs. TOMLIN I ,, sow in the - charader which Miss DtnicA:: \via% ,to have perforMed. They consented. and the pl.iy went off very well. • From all we have heard of the Windsor Mana ger, We have reason to believe- that he was not likely to conduct himself improperly, and as Ohl letters of Miss DuNdtky do not shewthat he made the least objection to her terms, it may' fairly be supposed that he assented to them, particularly from the words " as before," in her tisst letter, which strengthen the supposition that he agreed to proceed on the former basis. But it'Woulld be unjust to form any judgment on the matter till the Lialy is heard in her own defence. The reason why the Manager's letters do not appear on this occasion is probably that they are in the hands of Miss Dv CAN. and that he did not think to take copies of them. • Tile ti•lowing are Copies of INlisi'DtlscAN t - . tens to Mr. MUDIR, the Proprietor of tile iiidsor Theatre; and. which ‘vere- read npcin t oecniityn 66 Si a-- I this trionwsit receted your's, drted'r he 24 11 i t ) f course you. nititp. ht i ve seen,' by the Papers, tka I e s 7. , /ialta, this evenibA. at Drury-lane. Should,kbe t iv „ : reinain, as advertised, l is;; performs with yoii,:Monti,ty in.xt and Tuesday. Ort th e Monday you intird inl9te..ine it gui. neas, and shouldt4 house turn mate (which heaven h.r. ward I) haore, have the ),; ,, , r ,t, Anci, on th e Ty ie , i , day, divide tine clear half,.as proposed: Asto a on the Windsor StagC, it is out of the questunt ; theretare 1 . 6 e IL,* Mass must 410 without. You must lie kind enough to ex;..iihe my diniog, ,Sis I shall 4,0 r l e ave Iwo) until fro, and ;shall take a•snael: on the nod: I ...al etie.,llvohlt r ,cii to )(Air politeness. Give the a line by I , ,rt. Gltee truly, " M. Lt. DUNCAN." " Sattuday, Dec.. 26; No. ' 7 l, Cliailottstreet, Fitzroy-square." • , „ " SIR —I will play at cuLl'ileoay.tind Wecltivs.:t day..ol) theterins I have proposal, provitlecl ,the . lpays lc, main ;a Drury-lane as at pre§ent atlv'ertised' ; on'no coun; will Latta Month night, ~ J ;reOlain, • " •R. CA N " " Stinclay night, Dec.,z7, • •-• perform, the songs are as : l,t the Citizen;. " koy's Wile of AhliVallocit," acid " I.)aulon'wa.s•A Shepherd's , " Rlr. iiciio, Theatre.l2oyal, intitor.'t . . "'Sir.-I,'moment received your. lemr, 'AMC{ . ap it ce(- taittly eank. hol . co'osiclered any answer to litillC of yeitef . d.,: - , t;ot having th-otioned a wordiu itrestteaingthe terius 1 pr , .. po ced,. you 'nu,: trot expeettne at %V iothair td.morrow night. , . ." I remain,* Sir;:.: -: • • • ,• .! Dec 2V, 0,7, • ".:Your obedient i tervont " Mond l y h "igia, to o'clock. M K. I)1 N ' O.AN . 1 ! • "tare Mudie; Theitre. Royal, Windsor." ettlaCOA 'Atiatiican Paper r,reived yeSt-r: : day gives the fplioWing ,account t)t the efrecits 01 a huiriCarie at titi s S place " !wavy wale of Wind took place at Curacoa, on the ttith (X.tober, which the ne.x.t morning - increased hurricane. 'The 'Water - Itireed its way into the water forrovashed.away the bat teries,CustOm-hnuse, Ordnanee ()ace, tog then with many private houses!, entirely di the wall of the chureh-)arci, an 4 washed a number of the dead hodieS out of tiwir. graves. The 'British Frigate Heart!, Capt. IVlit,tioN, parted her fastnings, and was in Many houses in Peter situated S.E . from the town, were washed away the Point and 11,-..0 Batteries were partly dt stroyed. Littleettr.ei,i underwater for several days. The shiPPinz.; harbour sustained but little damage." EXTRACT FROM A LETTER DATED ON BoAtm O N E OP • HIS MA;IESTOI 51UP9 { - )Vl+ .11oORDEADA, , "'We• 2UTH VECENUIF.II, I AU7. boarded an American Brig . yesterday aC!or • noon froth Bourdeaux to . New OrleJui by he w e have received the intelligencb from rho falls GAotte, dated Parii, Dec, 14, of the of the Prencti. army at Lisbon, and the departure p(the Prince gent lye the Brazils. There are,only two Frigalcs, in the lttver of Rourdeaux„ besides the Guard.ship and I do not think there is any chance of their sail. ing for some time to come." . The same Gentleman has almo.furnished us .with the following intelligence from . Jamaica cvritAcr FROM A LaTTRA ItECEIVEDEPOi ZAMA.ICA:, PER' P'ACKET, TABLAWNEY, our. 29, 0107. " The scarcity last winter, owing to the dry wea. ther, and the e::peaation since of a war with Ainc. rica,,iieeasii?ned more than usual at to be paid to the Cultivation of provisions; and the tine'rains: for four or ',flee months past been favourable to it ,so this should thoAtneric atis resent (In: rioNt=; sure Of putting an end to their cat rying for eur ene, mt e 4 (whi c h f imagine . our Government iy now at ast about to atopt), so &; to go to war with Great Britain, tve, shall weet it in this island ‘vith plentr, tit le.ht, of the ueeesSaries . 01 life, - A bet of tau , guineas. has: been made between, Lieutenant H. who. has 'lately joine4 the Ist LaricaMine Militia, now quartered in Exeter, and. some Officers of that Regiment, that he will walk 30-miles per day . ,for 20 s . occes6 e days. W e on. derstan4 the ground selected ier the purl , ; (.. i!, road between Exeter and l'ap i h am ; alu t 'to comtntenee on Mnrid,e . , , 'u .1. The od(l ; An . it present against him. the ornrinal wa made, sto have been 4in,Cl Lieut. H. is about A ket ti inches high., 1a ti very stout made. He takes daily Walks of cousid o wA, length as a cort:se of mt . ining, prrp:totory to the. commencement td his four of (ion • Many persons are heard to comillain of nor par ticipating, at any period of their lives, of tlpz , of Fortune. A little relle4ion might possibly shr.w . t h em, th at the fault rests with themselves, Imo Ile &tling many opportunities of exertion to obtain her favours. Do they imagine, JOT example, that 'wit . out taking out qualitifations in the two momentous Lotteries, now presented to their embrace, thatt hey have any right to` e> a participation of the int memo Prizes with which each abounds ? I IP Z I 1 II ■ i f e=